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Utricularia multifida R.Br.
Pink Petticoats

Reference
Prodr. 432 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Terrestrial annual, herb, 0.05-0.3 m high, calyx lobes 4; trap dorsal appendages shortly bifid; corolla c. 12 mm wide, spur glabrous. Fl. pink/white, Jul to Dec or Jan. Wet sandy soils. Swamps, winter-wet sites, rocky hillsides, rocky outcrops.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 November 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Belmont, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Carnamah, Chittering, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Manjimup, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Three Springs, Wagin, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, York.